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W. T. FORBES. REFRIGERATING APPARATUS. No. 321,702. Patented July 7,1885.

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WALTER T. EoRREs, or ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

REFRIGERATING APPARATUS.-

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,702, dated July 7,1885.

Application filed April '21, 1985. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER T. FoRBEs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in RefrigeratingApparatus; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a side :elevation,partly in section. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on line w m, Fig. 1.

This invention has relation to means for cooling-rooms, storagechambers,refrigeratorboxes, &c.; and it consists in the construction andnovel arrangement of devices, all as hereinafter set forth, and pointedout in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates an ice vessel ortank, which is designed to be closed when packed with ice. In

this chamber is located a spirally-coiled tube,

B, having its ends Cand D extending from the tank, in orderthat properconnections may be made.

E represents a storage-tank for, compressed air, to which the end orextension 0 of the coiled tube B extendsl Usually a section of pipesecured to the tank E is connected to the end 0 of the coiled tube by anair-tight coupling. F is a check-valve in the connectingpipe, wherebythe flow of air from the storerator-box, to which the end D of thecoiled pipe B is connected by means of a suitable section, II, of'pipe,preferably coupled,or by an extension ofthe tube 13. This connection isusually supplied with a check-valve, K, for regulating the flow of airinto the chamber G.

L indicates an air-pump,which is connected by a pipe, m, to thestOragetank, and serves to charge the latter when necessary.

The air under pressure in the storage-tank is fed throughthe coiledpipe, and is cooled therein by the refrigerating material in the tank,and passes from the discharging end of the pipe into the apartment orchamber to be cooled in a continuous stream, which is under control bymeans of a check-valve.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

The combination, with the closed ice-chamber and the spirallycoiled tube13 therein,having projecting ends, of the storagetank and the chamber orbox to be cooled respectively connected to said projecting ends bypipes, a check-valve, and the air-pump connected to the storage-tank,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER T. EoRBEs.

Vitnesses:

PHILIP O. MAsI, THEO. MUNGEN.

